Kate McBeth’s Diary

1879    Leaves Ohio, settles in Kamiah
1880    Begins teaching
1881    Escalating conflict between sisters, small pox epidemic at Lapwai
1882    Visited Lapwai for 4th of July celebration, organized men and women's Sunday School class instruction
1883    Forest fires, badly sprained foot impaired teaching, conflict between Kate and Sue over women's school
1884    Mark Williams dies, continued conflict over Kate's school, control of Sunday School removed from Kate
1885   Sue forced by Agent to leave Reservation, Kate sent to Lapwai
1886    Kate consolidates teaching role in Lapwai
1887    Epidemic at Gov. School in Lapwai many children die, visitors from Crow Indian Reservation
1888    Mission Director, Rev. Deffenbaugh leaves
1889   Meets Alice Fletcher and Jane Gay, allotment begins
1890   Kamiah 2nd Presbyterian church formed
1891   Consolidates teaching role in Lapwai
1892    No entries
1893   Single entry in Diary (the last Diary entry)